A discharged soldier is framed for a murder by the chief of police in a small town in Georgia where he has just arrived. When the soldier learns that the murdered man was his brother he breaks out of jail and carries out his own investigation.

In The Sign of the Four, Arthur Conan Doyle presents another captivating Sherlock Holmes adventure, filled with mystery, action, and exotic intrigue. This classic novel delves deeper into the character of Holmes, revealing his intellectual prowess and complex personality, while also exploring the budding friendship between Holmes and Watson. The story begins with a distressed young woman, Mary Morstan, seeking Holmes' help in solving the mystery...

Detective Rob Ryan and his partner, Cassie Maddox, investigate the murder of a 12-year-old girl near a Dublin suburb. The case resonates with similarities to a murder committed twenty years before that involved two children and the young Ryan.

Fourteen short crime tales feature the partnership of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus and include three previously unpublished works, as well as two essays drawn from the author's personal life.

The adventure begins when the entire town of Yellow Sands is left puzzled by a mysterious fire. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny have returned to Mystery Rancy for their summer vacation, and they find themselves reunited with their summertime friend, Mike. Mike has been wrongly accused of starting the fire, but with the help of the Boxcar children, he uncovers the real culprit.

"Revered by such contemporary masters as Sue Grafton, George Pelecanos, and James Ellroy, praised by Eudora Welty as "a more serious and complex writer than Chandler and Hammett ever were," Ross Macdonald (the pseudonym of Kenneth Millar) brought to the crime novel a new realism and psychological depth and a unique gift for intricately involving mystery narratives. For his centennial, The Library of America inaugurates its Macdonald edition with four...

This propulsive thriller is a "gruesomely accurate portrayal of '80s life in Ireland" (Kirkus Reviews) from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author Adrian McKinty.

"Adrian McKinty just leapt to the top of my list of must-read suspense novelists. He's the real deal." —Dennis Lehane

A torso in a suitcase looks like an impossible case, but Sean Duffy isn't easily deterred, especially when his floundering

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